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16 Cards in this Set
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Largest gland of body
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Liver
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Exocrine function of liver.
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Secretes bile into duct system
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Endocrine function of liver.
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Produces hormones.
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2 aspects of blood supply to liver.
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1. Hepatic artery
2. Hepatic portal vein |
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Basic unit of the liver
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lobule
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Hexagon corner meeting two other hexagon corner is called a
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Portal area
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This is found at the center of a lobule
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Central vein
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2 main structures found inside a lobule
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1. Cords
2. Sinusoids |
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3 parts of the Triad / Tetrad
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1. Branch of hepatic portal vein
2. Branch of hepatic artery 3. Branch of bile duct 4. Branch of lymph system |
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Involved in blood filtration and can take over role of spleen after splenectomy
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Kupffer cells (exist in marrow as monocytes)
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The framework of the liver is made by
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Reticular fibers
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the location and 2 functions of stellate fibers
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Location: periphery of sinusoids in space of Disse
1. store Vitamin A 2. sythesize reticular fibers |
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Pit cells found in the space of Disse function as
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Natural Killer cells
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Number of mitochondria and peroxisomes per liver cell
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1000 and 500 respectively
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5 things found in the sinusoid
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1. Microvilli
2. Kupffer cells 3. Pit cells 4. Stellate cells 5. Reticular fibers |
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In relation to the blood flow, which direction does the bile flow through the canaliculi?
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Opposite
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